SWEET ARCHITECTURE
WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN & "HATWALK"

Sunday September 19th, at 12 AM
venue: HEL YES!, Londonewcastel Depot, 1-3- Wenlock Road, London N1 7SL (tube Angel and Old Street)

The Sweet Architecture -workshop is for all children from the age of 5.
25 participants, register at www.arkki.net/sweetarchitecture

In the sweet architecture workshop children can build their own fantasy tower using candy and cocktail sticks as building materials.

The structures of Sweet Architecture are based on space geometry; the sticks work as structural elements and the sweets as joints. In the workshop the towers will be built on a platform as buildings are built on ground. The platform has a hole in the middle to fit ones head. The building or structure will be fastened to the platform and there you are; a sweet piece of architecture which is also a hat that you can wear! In this workshop the idea is to provide knowledge about structures and architecture in a fun way.

The process of creating Sweet Architecture is fun and sweet - you can actually taste the flavor of architecture. In the end of the workshop everyone gets a chance to show off his / her hat at the stage in Hatwalk.

"Sweet Architecture" workshops for children are organized by ARKKI, School of Architecture for Children and Youth,City of Helsinki Event Office and Finnish Institute in London. Workshop leader: Pihla Meskanen, architect, director of Arkki, pihla.meskanen@mp.inet.fi , 358-50-517 4602

Arkki, School of Architecture for Children and Youth!

Arkki, School of Architecture for Children and Youth is a nonprofit organization. Arkki is the first school in Finland specializing in providing architectural and environmental education to children as an after school activity.

Arkki offers a variety of architectural courses to young people and creates educational curriculums for schools, museums and after school art and architecture clubs. Over 350 children between ages 4 to 19 participate weekly in architectural courses on a long term basis. In addition Arkki offers annually various architectural short term courses for about 1000 children.

Arkki is also involved in research projects and organizes events and conferences. Arkki is involved in national and international networks of professionals in the field of architecture and environmental education. It also organizes training of school teachers and daycare personnel.

In Helsinki Arkki runs a Children's Gallery of Architecture.